It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
MOLIEREI live on good soup, not on fine words.
More Moliere Quotes
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It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Isn’t the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?
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Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
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A woman always has her revenge ready.
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Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
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A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.
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Things are only worth what you make them worth.
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A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
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But it is not reason that governs love.
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Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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That must be fine, for I don’t understand a word.
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The envious will die, but envy never.
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They would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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